From Ashes
The boy’s ruined sandals slapped against his cracked heel, each step a hollow echo of a life he had fled.
No-Win Situation
After the latest Alershian attack knocked out most of the planet’s communications network, it took almost three weeks for Lieutenant Williams to learn his brother was dead.
The Mine On Tartarus-9
Michael had never seen the pit so quiet. The guttural whirring of the excavator drills had finally ceased, their teeth no longer gnawing at the planet’s rocky skin.
The Reek Of Revolution
Even with the enviro-mask latched to her face and a thick line of sea salt paste drawn under her nose, the smell clawed its way into her.
Last Vital Link
After the latest Alershian attack knocked out most of the planet’s communications network, it took almost three weeks for Lieutenant Williams to learn his brother was dead.
Wayfinder’s War
The lean figure of Major Sophia Villafana appeared from behind a towering blackish-red fern that was the color of drying blood. Despite her bulky white environmental suit, the biologist practically skipped a beat as she moved from one plant to another taking samples.
Where A Forest Grows
Tom Morestead stared through the plexiglass observation window and looked for it. It was out there amid the trees. For the last 20 years of his life on Mars, Tom had tended to those pines. That was a long time to spend with them. Long enough to learn when something was off.
Name No One Man
The fence that marked the border of Renaud’s estate came into view, tipped with elegant spear points and bearing the requisite lightning bolt symbols at intervals—the warning he gave to ensure everyone would know his home was not to be trifled with. The car stopped at his front gate, and the back window lowered beside him. A camera pivoted, the facial recognition software identifying him with a chirrup.
Future In A Whale Fall
“Well, it’s safe to say her occupation didn’t have her killed” Whether he was right or wrong depends entirely on the meaning one chooses to give to the word “safe”.
Sisters In Snow
During the flick, the guy had tried the old yawn-stretch move on her in the theatre. Who does that?